JuliaJamesOdhok_songTheFlagIsRaisedHigh

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2014-02-24Type
soundData Creator
Gwado Ayoker, OttoRemijsen, Bert
Publisher
University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English LanguageMetadata
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Gwado Ayoker, Otto; Remijsen, Bert. (2014). JuliaJamesOdhok_songTheFlagIsRaisedHigh, 2013 [sound]. University of Edinburgh. School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. Linguistics and English Language. https://doi.org/10.7488/ds/10.Description
The recording at the center of this item is a 'horse song', which is normally sung by a lead singer with people answering in response. Horse dance (kyeny), is a dance in which women/girls make a long line or two and run beating the ground with their feet in a rhythmic way, making the sound of horse’s hoofs beating the ground as they run. This is an Independence Song sung by the women of New Site in Juba on the day of Independence of South Sudan in July 9, 2011.The following licence files are associated with this item: